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		Ophrys biscutella  O.DANESCH & E.DANESCH

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus:  Ophrys  L.

Authors:
	O.DANESCH:		Othmar Danesch (1919 - 2014), Austrian architect and botanist
	E.DANESCH:		Edeltraud Danesch (1922 - 1996), Austrian writer, wife of Othmar Danesch
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Ophrys:		Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
	biscutella:		with a speculum like two saucers

Fig. 1:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 11.4.1998

Fig. 2:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 11.4.1998

Fig. 3:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985

Fig. 4:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985

Fig. 5:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985

Fig. 6:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985

Fig. 7:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Mattinata 30.4.1985

Fig. 8:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 12.5.1989

Fig. 9:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 12.5.1989

Fig. 10:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 12.5.1989

Fig. 11:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Monte S. Angelo 12.5.1989

Fig. 12:  Ophrys biscutella / Shield Orchid I Promontorio del Gargano, Vieste 30.4.1985

   

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